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Recommended service - hourly, according to the GWRUS. Let's work towards that service and towards ensuring all services are used.
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MTLS and media and planning demands- help needed
« on: June 25, 2007, 11:56:20 AM »

The national and inernational media seems to have identified MTLS as a spokesperson on behalf of rail travllers and now we have approaches every week for comments on some other disastrous move by the rail industry.
We welcome this and  respond carefully so as not to dragged into talking at too detailed a level about specific trains, technical details of trains etc.
They want us to paint a broad brush picture, respond as your average commuter would, talk  sound and rational common sense, and counter some of the appalling things going on such as SW Trains bullying of guards and passengers over penalty fares.
Our team is however very limited in size, and if we are to develop, and increase our influence, and carry off No way tro run a Railway Day we will need more people on board to plan events, address meetings, talk to the press etc. You do not have to be based in the SW.
We are not talking huge demand on time, but we do need people with sound ideas, able to see the bigger picture rather than just local issues, and able to speak confidently to the media.
If you want to be involved, leave a message for me on this website with your phone number, and we'll call you within the next 2 weeks.
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Re: MTLS and media and planning demands- help needed
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2007, 03:26:06 PM »

Although involved much more with the service from Swindon / Chippenham to West Wilts / Frome / Salisbury and beyond, which has its own different problems to "Tony's line", I have "mugged up" to some depth over the past 18 months on the more general topics.  My work / business also takes me on a wide variety of journeys largely (but not exclusively) in FGW territory.

I have "p.m."d Tony to let him know that media are welcome to get in touch ... and as my phone number's very easy indeed to find online, there's no harm in my publishing it again here (01225 708225) should anyone happen to read this thread and want to call me.  I will add that although our objectives are largely in line with MTLS, there are differences in the approach that we are taking in some aspects.
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